and he will give you the desires of your heart.”
Psalm 37:4 NIV
When we delight in the Lord He will give us pleasure and fulfillment. His desires will become our desires. Choosing to not delight in the Lord, means missing out on what He desires for us.
Our human nature has sinful desires, and so our heart’s desire is often contrary to what God desires for us. Our own desires often take us in the wrong direction, missing God’s best for us. When we don’t have an intimate relationship with the Lord, our human nature desires sinful things.
How do we delight in the Lord?
When we grow into an intimate relationship with the Lord we will be spiritually hungry, and passionately in love with Him, we will hear His voice. Then our desires will align with His and our hearts will desire to please him. He will give us His good and perfect desires in our hearts. We will see more answers to our prayers as we learn to submit to Him.
We must choose to submit to the authority God has placed in our lives. If we don’t submit to those in authority over us, we will find it difficult to submit to God.
• With a hunger and thirst for God’s Word.
• By passionately falling in love with Him,
• By growing into an intimate relationship with Him
• By submitting to His authority.
If your grandchildren delight in the Lord, then their desires will align with the Lord’s desires and their hearts will desire to please Him. They will experience peace, contentment, and fulfillment, which the world cannot give to them.
©2009 Lillian Penner
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